More good than bad news By Ermin Garcia Jr. I DON’T blame Mayor Benjie Lim for endlessly trumpeting the dismissal of the administrative case filed against him. He’s grasping at straws to convince people that he is Mr. Clean. Tsk-tsk. Indeed, the decision was a setback, but extremely minor,…
No clarificatory order needed By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN case you haven’t noticed, we are finally seeing glowing reports of successful and seemingly determined efforts to finally clean and clear in Dagupan City of shabu trading. No thanks to Mayor Benjie Lim who tolerated the illegal trading for the longest…
Remember the Judas 9? By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT is the keeping the new majority (Judas 9) in the Dagupan City council busy these days? Dagupeños are beginning to wonder. The city council failed to meet for the past two consecutive weeks for their regular sessions. This was not the…
Mayor Lim’s crafty manipulation By Ermin Garcia Jr. WE, in The PUNCH, are certainly inspired and feel fulfilled in our mission to report the truth to Pangasinenses knowing that we are gaining more readers and support for what we do. Our copies are not only seeing increased street sales each…
Dishonest. Shameless. By Ermin Garcia Jr. OUR story on page 1 titled: “Who says MC Adore is only P119 million?” should send Dagupeños on a rage. (If it doesn’t I don’t know what will). The documents obtained by the PUNCH show that Mr. Lim had personal and direct knowledge of the…
Meet Ope and Manny By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERER must really be something very wrong and disgusting about the Lim administration in Dagupan for practically the whole lot of respected political families to band together to stop the MadiLIM & MakuLIMLIM slate in its tracks. Mayor Benjie Lim’s own steadfast…
Season of political plunder By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS we await the outcome of the initial investigation of the Ombudsman on the basis of the case filed by Bugallon Mayor Ric Orduña against Guv Spines, here are some interesting trivia revealed by Sen. Miriam Santiago in her privilege speech in…
BSL’s arrogance and hubris By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT is it about Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim that makes him continue to ignore and flout both the judicial system and established rules and systems for good governance? Is he ignorant of the laws? I don’t think so. Methinks it’s plain…
A legacy for naught? By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S one legacy of the Espino administration that might eventually end up in smoke. I refer to its present efforts to keep Pangasinan’s culture and history alive and updated for the benefit of the next generation of Pangasinenses. At a recent tête-à-tête…
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